Kyanite Prospect, Judd's Bridge, Connecticut

This web page is provided as a resource to mineral
collectors.
Contact the property owner before entering the property to obtain written
permission to collect minerals.John Betts does not own this property and he cannot
grant permission to enter the site.

UPDATE: 4/11/2002 The judd's bridge site is
closed to collecting. It belongs to Steep Rock Association which is a nature
preserve and they do not want collectors there. There are outcrops in various
areas in the general neighborhood and adjacent towns that can be found by
accessing the old quadrangle maps and configuring the old info with current
maps, but SteepRock is closed to field trips.

Minerals: Kyanite, staurolite, milky quartz.

Description: This is a small prospect pit that has produced some deep
blue kyanite in milky quartz. It is a small prospect though with very little
room to work and often flooded during the wet season. The kyanite is in solid
quartz, very heavy tools are required to work the rock. There may be some
other prospects worth exploring.

Bring: Hand tools, heavy hammer and chisel.

Directions: The collecting area isaccessed from a small town
park, on Judds' Bridge Road (off Ct. Rt. 199, on the east side of the Shepaug
River). Drive in past junction of Battle Swamp Road on your right. Park where
the tree is laid across the road. Continue along old Judd's Bridge Road (also
labeled as Tunnel Road on some maps) to the clearing where the power lines
cross the road. The best diggings are on your right, uphill 50 feet. It is
an overgrown 12 foot pit, that may have water in the bottom. Minerals can
be found throughout the immediate area.

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